Opi's Ramblings

SHUTTING DOWN BLOG

opicana — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:09:14 +0000

I’m closing down this blog….

I’ve decided I need more focus on what to write, and I’m moving my health stuff to sparkpeople.com.

Come check out my new blog: Crazy Cat Nerd. It’s still a personal blog, but it is more focused (cats, nerdy stuff).

A bit better; but an idea for improvement

opicana — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:43:00 +0000

Better than last week, but not as good as when Jimmy was gone! I’m having difficulty keeping up with the Wiifit and Hooping since he has kind of taken over the basement. I just need to try to complete my health goals earlier in the day, and work on other things in my office when he is home in the evening.

Weight Change: +1.1 from previous; +5.3 from initial

Last Week’s Goals:

Water: Drink an average of 24 ounces/day this week; Completed…Now that the weather is warm, I’m drinking more water, so this has become easy.

Hooping: Hoop an average of 7 min/per day; Failed…I had one day of 17 minutes

Nutrition: Eat three items from the list of “foods you should eat daily” three times; Completed

Motivation: Post to HCR twice; Failed…I didn’t get in that mid-week post.

Education: Read one health article at Sparkpeople; Completed

Exercise: Yoga for an average of 5 min/day; Failed…I got in 1 day of 12.

Steps: Find pedometer; COMPLETED!!! I FOUND IT!!!! WOOOHOOO!

Spark Points: Earn 45 points on Sparkpeople; Failed.…I was close with 39 points.

New Goals: I’ve changed my mind (again!)…and I am going to change some of the goals even if I don’t complete all of them. I’m anxious to increase my water intake and improve my nutrition.

Water: Drink an average of 32 ounces/day this week

Hooping: Hoop an average of 7 min/per day

Nutrition: Make 3 recipes from my new cookbook (Cooking light mix n’ match- 1500 cals a day)

Motivation: Post to HCR twice

Education: Participate in a sparkpeople activity

Exercise: Yoga for an average of 5 min/day

Steps: Remember to record steps everyday

Spark Points: Earn 45 points on Sparkpeople

And then a not so good week…

opicana — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:54:53 +0000

This week was not so good for my health goals- perhaps because Jimmy returned? lol.

Weight Change: +.7 from previous; +4.2 from initial

Last Week’s Goals: ???

I pretty much didn’t keep track this week…things kind of fell apart. So this week I will have the same goals as last week!

Water: Drink an average of 24 ounces/day this week

Hooping: Hoop an average of 7 min/per day

Nutrition: Eat three items from the list of “foods you should eat daily” three times

Motivation: Post to HCR twice

Education: Read one health article at Sparkpeople

Exercise: Yoga for an average of 5 min/day

Steps: Find pedometer

Spark Points: Earn 45 points on Sparkpeople

Good Week for the Health Goals

opicana — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:46:02 +0000

Weight Change: -.9 from previous; +3.5 from initial

Last Week’s Goals: (6 of 8… doing well)

Water: Drink an average of 24 ounces/day this week- Completed!

Hooping: Hoop an average of 7 min/per day- Completed!

Nutrition: Eat three items from the list of “foods you should eat daily” three times- Completed!

Motivation: Post to HCR twice- Completed!

Education: Read one health article at Sparkpeople- Completed!

Exercise: Yoga for an average of 5 min/day- Completed!

Steps: Find pedometer- FAILED…but I’m not sure if it is possible..maybe it fell off while I was out?

Spark Points: Earn 45 points on Sparkpeople- FAILED…

Since I failed 1 goal (I’m not counting the find pedometer), I will repeat these goals next week in hopes I can achieve them all.

Yay!

opicana — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:59:27 +0000

So…the 1.5 I gained last week? I lost it and then some this week!

Weight Change: -1.8 from previous; +4.4 from initial

Last Week’s Goals: (3 of 8… still taking steps backward)

This week was a real challenge, Jimmy was leaving on Saturday for a conference and we had tons to do before then. I pretty much ignored my goals on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. So, considering that…I think I did alright.

Water: Failed! AGAIN. Drink an average of 24 ounces/day this week…this was attempt #5…I made it to an average of 23, though.

Hooping: Failed! Hoop an average of 7 min/per day…I only got 4.3 this time.

Nutrition: Completed! Eat three items from the list of “foods you should eat daily”

Motivation: Completed! Post to HCR twice

Education: Completed! Read 1 article.

Exercise: Failed. Yoga for an average of 5 min/day…Attempt 5…I made it to 3.7…I went for 10 minutes yesterday, but I missed several days.

Steps: Failed. The pedometer is AWOL. No idea where it went.

Spark Points:Failed. Earn 45 points on sparkpeople…I managed 32, though.

This coming week’s goals…

I’ve decided when I’m only going to move goals forward when I complete all of them. So this week will pretty much be a repeat of last week.

Water: Drink an average of 24 ounces/day this week

Hooping: Hoop an average of 7 min/per day

Nutrition: Eat three items from the list of “foods you should eat daily” three times

Motivation: Post to HCR twice

Education: Read one health article at Sparkpeople

Exercise: Yoga for an average of 5 min/day

Steps: Find pedometer.

Spark Points: Earn 45 points on Sparkpeople

Oh Dear

opicana — Tue, 17 May 2011 00:36:56 +0000

So…for the last 3 weeks I have dropped a half pound each week. I thought I was making progress, just slowly…nope! I gained 1.5 pounds this week. Bah.

Weight Change: +1.5 from previous; +5.2 from initial

Last Week’s Goals: (4 of 8…taking steps backward)

Water: Failed! AGAIN. Drink an average of 24 ounces/day this week…this was attempt #4…

Hooping: Failed! Hoop an average of 7 min/per day…I only got 6.2

Nutrition: Completed! Eat something from the list of “foods you should eat daily”

Motivation: Completed! Post to HCR twice

Education: Completed! Buy ingredients for healthy smoothies

Exercise: Failed. Yoga for an average of 5 min/day…Attempt 4

Steps: Completed. Achieve an average of 5,500 steps/day

Spark Points:Failed. Earn 45 points on sparkpeople.

Water: Drink an average of 24 ounces/day this week

Hooping: Hoop an average of 7 min/per day

Nutrition: Eat something from the list of “foods you should eat daily” three times

Motivation: Post to HCR twice

Education: Read at least one sparkpeople article

Exercise: Yoga for an average of 5 min/day

Steps: Achieve an average of 6,000 steps/day

Spark Points: Earn 45 points on sparkpeople.

Giveaway at SoapOpi!

opicana — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:52:37 +0000

I’m currently hosting a giveaway at SoapiOpi!

In case you are not aware, I craft soap as a hobby. I sell my soap to friends and family at prices that just cover the cost of my materials- I’m not doing it for the money, but because I enjoy playing with color and scent.

My facebook page: SoapiOpi is where I post items I have for sale.

Currently, I am hosting a giveaway. By simply leaving a comment on which scent you’d be most interested in seeing me create soap with, you are entered to win one of THREE prizes.

Currently, there are less than 25 people entered to win, so your odds aren’t bad. I will ship the soap free, as well…so it’s 100% free.

When I hit 25 entries, I will add another prize into the mix!

I’m running this giveaway as a thank you to the fans of my fb page, to celebrate SoapiOpi having over 50 fans on facebook, and to get my soap to a couple of folks who might not have purchased any yet.

The contest ends tomorrow…so run over to SoapiOpi now!

Movie Night: Up

opicana — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:29:16 +0000

On our April 29th movie night, we watched the Disney film Up.

From wikipedia:

“Up is a 2009 computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and presented in Disney Digital 3-D. The film premiered on May 29, 2009 in North America and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film to do so.

The film centers on an elderly widower named Carl Fredricksen and an earnest young Wilderness Explorer named Russell who fly to South America by floating in a house. The film has received overwhelmingly positive reviews, with a rating of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes (the best reviewed wide-released film of 2009 on the site), and grossed over $731 million worldwide, making it Pixar’s third-most commercially successful film, behind Finding Nemo and Toy Story 3.”

This movie is adorable! It’s extremely charming, moving, and a lot of fun. I would highly recommend it for any age, and I see why it made the Top 250 list.

Wordle

opicana — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:02:53 +0000

I LOVE how the two largest words say “Average Week”. Yep, last week was an average week, lol.

Top250 Movie #4

opicana — Tue, 10 May 2011 23:47:28 +0000

The fourth movie I watched from the Top250 list was Ikiru.

From Wikipedia:

“Ikiru (生きる “To Live”^?) is a 1952 Japanese film co-written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film examines the struggles of a minorTokyo bureaucrat and his final quest for meaning.”

This is definitely not a movie I would have decided to watch if it weren’t for my list.

The movie was fascinating, interesting, unique, depressing, thought provoking, creepy, amusing and occasionally dull. Some scenes and pauses seemed to last way longer than you would expect. The message of the movie turned out to be different than what I thought it was going to be in the beginning. I don’t think I’d watch it again, but I enjoyed it well enough.